# fiddlewood

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The wood of several West Indian trees, mostly of the genus Citharexylum.
2. Any of these trees.

## Etymology
From fiddle + wood, a corruption of French bois-fidèle (“faithful wood”), so called from its durability.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/fiddlewood